人教版必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world language points课时作业(3).docx

unit 1 festivals around the world language points课时作业i. 阅读理解 ahow do you celebrate new years day? if i had to take a guess, you probably celebrate new years day surrounded by family and friends, enjoying drinks of your choice (probably wine and champagne) and watching the ball drop. if youre particularly lucky, perhaps you share a kiss with that special someone when the clock hits 00：00 am. have you ever imagined how new years day would look in another country? listed below are five of the top ten “unique new year traditions from around the world. ”1breaking dishes on neighbors doordenmarka strange and weird danish new year tradition, depending on how you look at it, is throwing dishes at neighbors door. strangely, this makes them happy instead of annoying them. the family with the tallest tower of broken plates, glasses, cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest person because it symbolizes their large amount of loyal friends. 2talking to spiritsmexicotalking to spirits is a part of mexican belief. mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones. new years eve is considered the best time to communicate with dead spirits to convey a message or ask for guidance. and this is not done at home on an individual basis but is a legal mexican practice. taos inn, in new mexico for example, offers 15 minutes session of spiritualism and meditation for $15. not a bad price for some helpful guidance!3wearing polka dotsphilippinesimagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dining room tables full of round shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year. this all actually happens in the philippines on new years eve every year. philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth. 4burning scarecrow(稻草人)dummyecuadorecuador has a unique custom of crafting scarecrows and then burning them at midnight. they adorn them and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood. as midnight approaches, everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrow. the tradition says that this destroys all the bad things that took place in the past 12 months. the scarecrow also scares away bad luck, which in turn, fills their new year with luck and happiness. 5mistletoe(槲寄生)leaves are placed under pillow to find husbandirelandthe single women of ireland wait desperately for new years eve because it is the night that can bring them the love of their lives. they place mistletoe leaves under their pillow hoping to catch their future husband. it is also believed in the irish culture that this act will help them get rid of bad luck. the world is a large and very different place. yes, people of all nations may celebrate new years day much differently around the world, with different traditions, but there are a lot of general themes to be seen. we all want to start a new, fresh year with renewed enthusiasm and hope no matter what happened during the past year. we all want to be happier, find love, renew friendships，increase our wealth and also hope for a little extra luck in the coming new year. 1when new years day is coming, people always celebrate it in many ways except . asharing the time with their loversbgetting together with their familiescsetting the ball dropdenjoying drinks with their friends2what can you learn when you are paying a visiting to mexico during new years day?a. its commonly believed that the dead have spirits and souls living around. bits new years day that mexicans consider the best time to talk to spirits. cyoud better talk to your ancestors just at home secretly, or youll break the law. dyou can ask for help free when you want to talk to the dead. 3the single women of ireland always hoping to catch their future husband on new years eve. awear polka dotsbburn scarecrow dummycbreak dishes on neighbors doordplace mistletoe leaves under their pillow4what can you conclude according to the passage?ano matter how we celebrate new year, we have the only themeincreasing our wealth. bcelebrating new years day means looking forward to a happier and better coming year. cits seldom to see different traditions to celebrate new year. dthe traditions will be changed with the time going by. bin 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in edinburgh. the idea was to reunite europe after the second world war. it quickly attracted famous names such as alec guinness, richard burton, dame margot fonteyn and marlene dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交响乐团)it became a fixed event every august and now attracts 400,000 people yearly. at the same time, the “fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years. soon, groups of students firstly from edinburgh university, and later from the universities of oxford and cambridge, durham and birmingham were making the journey to the scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by littleknown writers of plays in small church halls to the people of edinburgh. today the “fringe”， once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. and yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. a paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during august itself. in 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. more than 1. 25 million tickets were sold. 5what was the purpose of edinburgh festival at the beginning?ato bring europe together again. bto honor heroes of world war . cto introduce young theatre groups. dto attract great artists from europe. 6who joined the “fringe” after it appeared?apopular writers. buniversity students. cartists from around the world. dperformers of music and dance. 7we may learn from the text that edinburgh festival . ahas become a nonofficial eventbhas gone beyond an art festivalcgives shows all year rounddkeeps growing rapidlycaround four years ago, i received a call from the principal of our school as to the “parents view” talk the next morning. he asked me to speak to the group. after the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. the time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. the whole night, i could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. one of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that i could not come. finally, i gathered some courage. i thought, “if i miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programe. ”i reached the school in time. before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. when my turn came and i started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. i wasnt even able to read the written speech properly. i was not aware of where i was standing and what i was reading. that was the day when i realized my biggest weakness, public speaking. after my speech, i met with the principal and explained what happened to me. he told me that this happens to everyone. even great speaker, faced the same things when they started. he suggested that i come again next time. around one month later, i was invited to refer to a topic on motivation. this time i was feeling comfortable. my speech was not only appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because i was able to get my idea across to them. they encouraged and praised my efforts. after delivering it successfully, i became more confident. i said to myself, “if i can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, i can now speak in front of others too. ”i started delivering lectures in my plant, on various topics like self motivation, personality development, personal excellence, spoken english and presentation skills. this has become a passion for me. i learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step. 8which of the following is the best title for the passage?apractice makes a man a better speechmakerbpublic speaking makes a man embarrassed. cprincipal provides the best chances. dspoken english develops in malting speeches. 9the author had bad feelings before the speech because . ahe disliked the idea of giving a lecturebhe had got a high fever before thatche regretted accepting the invitationdhe feared he couldnt perform it properly1 0what does the underlined part “ominous apprehensions” in the first paragraph mean?aunlucky opportunities. bnegative ideas. ccurious views. dhappy comments. 1 1what can we conclude from the passage?anothing is to be got without pains but poverty. bknowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. ca journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. dnecessity is the mother of invention. dsome problems are difficult to solve. but there are a lot of number expressions that can help. for example, if we put two and two together, we might come up with the right answer. we know that two heads are better than one. it is always better to work with another person to solve a problem. some problems have only one solution. you cannot be of two minds over this. but with any luck, we can solve the problem in two shakes of a lambs tail. in other words, we could have our answers quickly and easily. sometimes we can kill two birds with one stone. that is, we can complete two goals with only one effort or action. but we must remember that two wrongs dont make a right. if someone does something bad to you, you should not do the same to him. if you are going out with your girlfriend, or boyfriend, but you dont want another friend to go along on your date, you can just say to your friend: twos company, threes a crowd. when i was a young child in school, i had to learn the three rs. these important skills are reading, writing and arithmetic. these three words do not all start with the letter“r”but they have the sound of“r”my teacher used to give three cheers when i did well in maths. they gave praise and approval for a job well done. some of my friends were confused and did not understand their schoolwork. they were at sixes and sevens. in fact, they did not care if they finished high school. but they were happy when they completed their studies and graduated from high school. they were in seventh heaven. they were on cloud nine. nine times out of ten students who do well in school find good jobs. some work in an office doing the same things every day at ninetofive jobs. you do not have to dress to the nines, or wear your best clothes, for this kind of work. 1 2if you solve a problem without any difficulty, you can also say that you can do it . ain seventh heavenbon cloud ninecat sixes and sevensdin two shakes of a lambs tail1 1 when tom wins the first place in the game, we can congratulate him by using “ ” according to the passage. adress up to the ninesbgive three cheersckill two birds with one stonedput two and two together1 4which of the following has the similar meaning to “in all probability”？atwo wrongs dont make a right. btwos company, threes a crowd. cnine times out of ten. dtwo heads are better than one. 1 5what is the best title of the passage ?ainteresting number expressionsbthe importance of numberscnumber storiesduse numbers参考答案 语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍各国不同的新年习俗。1c细节理解题。根据第一段的surrounded by family and friends, enjoying drinks of your choice (probably wine and champagne) and watching the ball drop可知c项与文意不符，故选c。2a推理判断题。根据第三段的mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones可知墨西哥人相信死去的人有灵魂而且他们可以和死去的爱人交流。故选a。3d细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的they place mistletoe leaves under their pillow hoping to catch their future husband可知爱尔兰的单身女子会把mistletoe放在自己的枕下。故选d。4b推理判断题。根据最后一段的结语we all want to be happi